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House de Weluta maintained a fairly robust succession in the 15th century and enjoyed considerable support from the landed gentry, the peasantry, and the clergy as they enthusiastically attempted to mend the wounds of the Saint's War with positive result. The resulting period, overlapping with the early renaissance, is known as the "Velucian renaissance" after the family's Latin name. By the first year of the reign of King Niall IV (1456-1482), the country's population had recovered to its pre-war levels, and a robust building program began that would continue under the next three de Weluta Kings that would include a new system of roads, cleared trade routes, and a modernized series of defenses and fortresses. King Niall kept the Kingdom mostly out of foreign entanglements in order to facilitate the construction of the wartorn Kingdom, but he did involve himself in the political affairs of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the first [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] to do so in a meaningful sense since the election of Emperor Niall I in the 13th century. Additionally, King Niall IV inherited the [[Principality of Halfway]] after the island's [[Crusades|Crusader princes]] died out. This was an important step in Urcea's "step into the [[Odoneru Ocean]]" that had begun with the conquest of North Crotona in the latter part of the 13th century by King Donnchad I. | House de Weluta maintained a fairly robust succession in the 15th century and enjoyed considerable support from the landed gentry, the peasantry, and the clergy as they enthusiastically attempted to mend the wounds of the Saint's War with positive result. The resulting period, overlapping with the early renaissance, is known as the "Velucian renaissance" after the family's Latin name. By the first year of the reign of King Niall IV (1456-1482), the country's population had recovered to its pre-war levels, and a robust building program began that would continue under the next three de Weluta Kings that would include a new system of roads, cleared trade routes, and a modernized series of defenses and fortresses. King Niall kept the Kingdom mostly out of foreign entanglements in order to facilitate the construction of the wartorn Kingdom, but he did involve himself in the political affairs of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the first [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] to do so in a meaningful sense since the election of Emperor Niall I in the 13th century. Additionally, King Niall IV inherited the [[Principality of Halfway]] after the island's [[Crusades|Crusader princes]] died out. This was an important step in Urcea's "step into the [[Odoneru Ocean]]" that had begun with the conquest of North Crotona in the latter part of the 13th century by King Donnchad I. | ||
The full effects of Renaissance would also make its way to Urcea in this time, beginning in the 15th century and continuing on through the Baroque and {{wp|Rococo}} period, [[Arts_and_literature_of_Urcea#Architecture|which had a profound influence on the history of Urcean architecture]]. Niall IV's reign also saw considerable re-involvement in the affairs of the Empire and Urcea's other neighbors, including securing an alliance with the Kings of [[Angla]] with the marriage of one of his sons, Ronan, to a daughter of the [[Anglei#Kingdom_period|Ænglish King]], in [[1465]]. The resulting offspring - members of a new cadet branch of the [[Julian dynasty]] known as the Ronanids - had Julian dynasty lineages on both sides, as the Ænglish King himself was a distant [[House of Cónn|Cónn]] descendant in the female line. The new cadet branch of the Ronanids rise to considerable prominence in Urcea and play a critical role in the history of Urcea and the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. | The full effects of Renaissance would also make its way to Urcea in this time, beginning in the 15th century and continuing on through the Baroque and {{wp|Rococo}} period, [[Arts_and_literature_of_Urcea#Architecture|which had a profound influence on the history of Urcean architecture]]. Niall IV's reign also saw considerable re-involvement in the affairs of the Empire and Urcea's other neighbors, including securing an alliance with the Kings of [[Angla]] with the marriage of one of his sons, Ronan, to a daughter of the [[Anglei#Kingdom_period|Ænglish King]], in [[1465]]. The resulting offspring - members of a new cadet branch of the [[Julian dynasty]] known as the [[House of Ronan|Ronanids]] - had Julian dynasty lineages on both sides, as the Ænglish King himself was a distant [[House of Cónn|Cónn]] descendant in the female line. The new cadet branch of the Ronanids rise to considerable prominence in Urcea and play a critical role in the history of Urcea and the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. | ||
Despite Niall IV's considerable progeny, his descendants would have problems with inheritance. His successor, Constantine II, died after less than a year on the Throne, passing it to his brother Leo I. Leo would manage just two sons, the eventual King Adrian III and his sickly and weak brother Aedanicus who many scholars believe had considerable developmental disorders but nonetheless was able to reproduce, while Adrian had considerable difficulty doing so. | Despite Niall IV's considerable progeny, his descendants would have problems with inheritance. His successor, Constantine II, died after less than a year on the Throne, passing it to his brother Leo I. Leo would manage just two sons, the eventual King Adrian III and his sickly and weak brother Aedanicus who many scholars believe had considerable developmental disorders but nonetheless was able to reproduce, while Adrian had considerable difficulty doing so. | ||
Adrian III ruled during the initial outbreak of the Protestant Reformation in 1517 and, although he initially expressed interest and toleration, eventually decided to enforce religious unity and ban Protestant proselytism after the Pope promulgated ''Exsurge Domine'' in 1520. The Reformation created a relatively small Protestant minority mostly in the peripheries of the country. King Adrian spent the latter twenty years of his long reign (1492-1546) feuding with local lords and the country's neighbors, while breaking the country's alliance with the King of [[Angla]] as the latter became Protestant and the subject of an Imperial invasion. Adrian died in April of 1546 without an heir starting a minor interregnum. There was considerable dispute whether or not Aedanicus would or could ascend to the Throne | Adrian III ruled during the initial outbreak of the Protestant Reformation in 1517 and, although he initially expressed interest and toleration, eventually decided to enforce religious unity and ban Protestant proselytism after the Pope promulgated ''Exsurge Domine'' in 1520. The Reformation created a relatively small Protestant minority mostly in the peripheries of the country. King Adrian spent the latter twenty years of his long reign (1492-1546) feuding with local lords and the country's neighbors, while breaking the country's alliance with the King of [[Angla]] as the latter became Protestant and the subject of an Imperial invasion. Adrian died in April of 1546 without an heir starting a minor interregnum. There was considerable dispute whether or not Aedanicus would or could ascend to the Throne. The most senior claimant beyond Aedanicus was Riordan of the [[House of Ronan]], a great-great-grandson of Niall IV; Riordan's status as a {{wp|Protestant}} made him largely unacceptable, but he managed to rally domestic support within the Archduchy as a lack of a credible alternative emerged. Considerable fighting between local factions broke out until Riordan himself seized Urceopolis and the Throne in October of 1546. As compensation for the loss of [[Urcea]] and as a potential base for later reclamation, Aedanicus was given the [[Ænglasmarch#Duchy_of_Holchester|Duchy of Holchester]] by [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperor]] [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Gram_Felix_Dynasty|Conchobar III]] following the [[Nordmontaine War]] in 1554. | ||
==Julio-Angloise reign== | ==Julio-Angloise reign== | ||